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Martin Ritt

1914 - 1990

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Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative." Ritt was an actor-turned-director with the Federal Theater Project and Group Theatre, becoming assistant to Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio. After a promising television directing career was cut short by the Second Red Scare, Ritt made his first film, Edge of the City (1957). His 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, based on the works of William Faulkner, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the first of three times the director would be nominated for the honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Ritt is the 376th most popular film director (up from 550th in 2019), the 2,797th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,461st in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Martin Ritt ranks 376 out of 2,041. Before him are Walerian Borowczyk, Giuseppe De Santis, Jan de Bont, Merian C. Cooper, Juan Antonio Bardem, and Raúl Ruiz. After him are Nadine Trintignant, Marcel Camus, Jacques Doillon, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, James Wong, and Gustaf Gründgens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Martin Ritt ranks 105. Before him are Birabongse Bhanudej, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Thomas Watson Jr., and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Nicanor Parra, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Álvaro del Portillo, Annie Fischer, George Reeves, and Kirill Kondrashin. Among people deceased in 1990, Martin Ritt ranks 77. Before him are Nicola Abbagnano, Jim Henson, Samuel Noah Kramer, Samuel Doe, David Rose, and Dexter Gordon. After him are Vaso Čubrilović, Attilio Demaría, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Horst Sindermann, Alan Hale Jr., and Taro Kagawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Ritt ranks 2,797 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brittany Murphy (1977), Tito Jackson (1953), Dexter Gordon (1923), Ellison Onizuka (1946), and Rex Tillerson (1952). After him are Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), David Letterman (1947), Cy Young (1867), Johnny Winter (1944), David Soul (1943), and Lauren Hutton (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Martin Ritt ranks 105. Before him are Ub Iwerks (1901), Jim Henson (1936), Samuel Fuller (1912), Leo McCarey (1898), Chris Sanders (1962), and Merian C. Cooper (1893). After him are Ray Harryhausen (1920), Henry King (1886), John McTiernan (1951), Jim Abrahams (1944), Edward Zwick (1952), and Richard Brooks (1912).

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